California Institute of the Arts Overview

California Institute of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Valencia, California. CalArts is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is California Institute of the Arts Known For?

• CalArts has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 7 to 1.
• Students at CalArts have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 2%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at CalArts.
• For the <nil> academic year, 65% of the faculty were full-time.
• The average CalArts student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is California Institute of the Arts?

Contact details for CalArts are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	24700 W Mcbean Pky, Valencia, CA 91355-2397
Phone:	661-255-1050
Website:	www.calarts.edu

How Do I Get Into CalArts?

You can apply to CalArts online at: https://calarts.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for CalArts

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Considered but not required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Considered but not required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CalArts?

The acceptance rate at CalArts is 29%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 29%, and the acceptance rate for women is 29%.

Can I Afford California Institute of the Arts?

The overall average net price of CalArts is $58,506. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CalArts, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $5,923 a year. That adds up to $23,692 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CalArts is 1.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

California Institute of the Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 965 undergraduate students at CalArts, with 938 being full-time and 27 being part-time.

There are also 479 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 938 full-time undergraduates at CalArts, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California Institute of the Arts students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	88
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	130
White	349
International Students	232
Other Races/Ethnicities	102

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California Institute of the Arts. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 54 countries are represented at CalArts. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.